Description
Spruce up your next scavenger hunt or photo scavenger hunt by adding some of the items in the form of riddles. Riddles may rhyme or simply present a conundrum.
Example Riddles for your Scavenger Hunt
* What runs around a house but doesn’t move? [Fence]
* I grow when I eat, but die when I drink? [Fire]
* Alive without breath, As cold as death; Never thirsty, ever drinking, All in mail, never clinking. — J.R.R. Tolkien [Fish]
* I march before armies, a thousand salute me, My fall can bring victory, but no one would shoot me; The wind is my lover, one-legged am I, Name me and see me, at home in the sky. [Flag]
* The more of them you take, the more you leave behind [Footprints]
* When I am filled, I can point the way; When I am empty, Nothing moves me. I have two skins, One without and one within. [Glove]
* Strum me, I’m lovely, I have lots of strings, steel, nylon or catgut, with me you can sing! [Guitar]
* The more you take away, the larger it becomes. [Hole]
* Stiff and stout / I swivel about, hold some in and others out [Key]
* I have keys that open no locks, I have space, but you cannot fill it, You can enter, but you cannot leave. [keyboard]
* A strange attraction compels me to hold your things most dear, yet I know it not, and feel no warmth in my holding. My brothers and I stick close together until one faces me, and then is pushed away. [Magnet]
* I have streets but no pavement, cities but no buildings, forests yet no trees, rivers yet no water. [Map]
* Tear one off and scratch my head, What once was red is black instead. [Match]
* What turns everything around, but does not move? [Mirror]
* The point has been made. You say I have a big head, What I need most, Is someone to drive me home. [Nail]
* Take off my skin and I won’t cry, but you will, what am I? [Onion]
* What kind of coat can be put on only when wet? [Paint]
* Taken from a mine, Shut up in a wooden case, from which I am never released, and yet I am used by almost everybody. [Pencil Lead]
* I am a box that holds keys without locks, yet they can unlock your soul. [Piano]
* A skin have I, more eyes than one. I can be very nice when I am done. [Potato]]
* Has to be broken before it can be used [Egg]
Create your own
Create riddles for specific locations and items specific to you church, town, or area. For example, use the riddle for a river, but then add a couple lines to indicate a specific river near your location for participants to take a photo of.
See Conducting Scavenger Hunts for help, Hints, Safety Considerations, Rules, and other useful information to make your scavenger hunt a wild success!
Creative Scavenger Hunts: Once Lost, Now Found
is a 160 page e-book that explains everything you need to know to easily plan your very own scavenger hunt: Item Lists, Rules, Riddles, Safety Tips, Guidelines, Scoring, Tips for Facilitators and MORE! There are more than 50 complete ideas (scavenger hunts, photo hunts, video hunts, amazing race, etc.) to use at home, around the neighborhood, at the mall, in the park, on the beach, at church, and around town!
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